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Box Score: 8/9/2011 - Metro Knights 8, Ellsworth Hubbers 4

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The Knights traveled to Ellsworth to take on the Hubbers which would be their first time facing each other in Knights history.  The Hubbers have a great park with a lot of character.  Left field is about 260 with a giant 30 foot fence and the rest of the field being normal ballpark distance.

Rick Caldecott put the Knights in position for a win by pitching 7 solid innings allowing only one run.  Rick has been solid all year for the Knights and showed what happens when you combine a solid pitcher with a solid defense.  Rick overpowered batters all night by locating his fastball and mixing in his hard breaking curve ball.  The defense behind him would turn 3 double plays and they would turn a 4th in the 8th inning behind closer Steve Thompson.

The player of the game, coming up with clutch hit after clutch hit, was Jake Claeson.  Jake would go 4-4 on the night with two walks making him reach base all 6 at-bats.  With the bases loaded in the 7th inning he would send a towering shot to left field hitting the top of the fence and missing a grand-slam by no more than 3 feet.  A little known fact about town-ball: if a player goes 4-4 in a game and hits a grand-slam on his 4th at-bat he automatically achieves total baseball enlightenment and receives 72 virgins at the time of crossing home plate.  None the less, a great game by Jake Claeson and one of the better performances in Knights history.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Xtra R H E
Metro Knights 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 10 0
Ellsworth Hubbers 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 4 2

Batting:
 KnightsABRHRBIBBHBPSFSOSBAVG
1 Dan Koopmeiners4111110100.096
2 Chris Trobec5200100100.083
3 Frank Matteson6220000000.389
4 Richard Caldecott6131000000.338
5 Jake Claeson4142200000.297
6 Samuel Claeson5010100300.240
7 Steve Thompson2101200200.098
8 Doug Hoffman3000200000.179
9 Ryan Meehan2011210010.195
 Totals:3781261120710.324

2B: Dan Koopmeiners 1 (1), Jake Claeson 1 (2)
3B:
HR:
Runs: Frank Matteson 2 (22), Richard Caldecott 1 (5), Steve Thompson 1 (5), Dan Koopmeiners 1 (7), Jake Claeson 1 (13), Chris Trobec 2 (2),
RBI: Ryan Meehan 1 (3), Richard Caldecott 1 (15), Steve Thompson 1 (2), Dan Koopmeiners 1 (4), Jake Claeson 2 (11)
SB: Ryan Meehan 1 (1)
SF:

Fielding:
E: Doug Hoffman 2 (2)
DP:
TP:

Pitching:
 KnightsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
(W, 3-6) Richard Caldecott6.02113202.98
(S, 1) Steve Thompson3.03333116.00
 Totals:95446314.00

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